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Example Sentences

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The extra return that investors get for holding U.S. companies’ bonds instead of ultrasafe Treasurys is hovering near multidecade lows.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Mehdi Taj, president of the Iran Football Federation, said two weeks ago that the training base would be in Mexico instead of Tucson.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

This week is light on the earnings front, but markets will be watching two other metrics instead: inflation and emotions.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

That’s why they prefer individual stocks in the S&P 500 instead of the broader market-cap-weighted large-cap index.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026

I wish for the wind to shift, to pull the fresh ocean air inland, instead of wafting the smell of rotting fish from the barrels down the ramp over me.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith